Frank Froehling

Frank Froehling

Full name	Frank Arthur Froehling III
Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1942-05-19)May 19, 1942 San Diego, California, United States
Died	January 23, 2020(2020-01-23) (aged 77)
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) [1]
Turned pro	1968 (amateur from 1958)
Retired	1973
Plays	Right-handed
Singles
Career record	442-284
Career titles	28
Highest ranking	No. 6 (1963, Lance Tingay)[2]
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	SF (1971)
Wimbledon	QF (1963)
US Open	F (1963)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open	F (1965)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	SF (1973)
Wimbledon	SF (1964)
US Open	F (1962, 1965)

Frank Arthur Froehling III (May 19, 1942 – January 23, 2020) was an American tennis player.

During his college career at Trinity University Froehling recorded 46–5 in singles matches and won nine singles titles.

He was runner-up at U.S. National Tennis Championships in 1963 (where he beat Roy Emerson before losing to Rafael Osuna).

That year Froehling was ranked world No. 6 by Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph.^[2] Froehling was ranked in the top ten U.S. players on five occasions, reaching U.S. No. 2 in 1962 and No. 3 in 1963.

In 1966 Froehling won the Eastern Clay Court Championships defeating Herb Fitzgibbon in the final in a close five set match.

In 1971 Froehling reached the French Open semifinals (beating Arthur Ashe before losing to Ilie Năstase).

Froehling won a critical match for the U.S. in the 1971 Davis Cup final against Rumania, coming from two sets down to edge Ion Tiriac in a long fifth set. The U.S. won the Davis Cup final three matches to two. Froehling had won a demonstration match against Clark Graebner, who held a strong head-to-head advantage over Froehling, to qualify for the Davis Cup singles assignment.